Iha | |
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Kapaur | |
Native to | Papua |
Region | Bomberai Peninsula |
Native speakers | (5,500 cited 1987) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ihp |
Glottolog |
ihaa1241 |
Pidgin Iha | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Bomberai Peninsula |
Native speakers | None |
Iha-based pidgin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ihb |
Glottolog |
ihab1241 |
ELP | Iha Based Pidgin |
Iha (Kapaur) is a Papuan language spoken on the tip of the Bomberai Peninsula. It is the basis of a pidgin used as the local trade language. [2]
Labial |
Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar |
Labio- dorsal |
Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t̪ | ( t͡ʃ) | q͡p | q | ||
voiced | ( b) | d̪ | ( d͡ʒ) | ɢ | ||||
prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ᵑᵐɡ͡b | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | ( f) | s | h | ||||
voiced | β | |||||||
Rhotic | ɾ | |||||||
Lateral | l | |||||||
Semivowel | j | w |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
Flassy and Animung (1992) list the following pronouns for Iha. [4]
singular | plural | ||
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1st person | exclusive | on | mbi |
inclusive | in | ||
2nd person | ko | ki | |
3rd person | mi | wat/mi |